Tales of old Japan
By: by A.B. Mitford ; with illus. drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
Published: 1883
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Tales, Japanese.; Japan -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Another edition appeared in 1871.

"The two first of the Tales have already appeared in the Fortnightly review, and two of the Sermons, with a portion of the Appendix...in the...Cornhill magagine."--Preface.
Table of contents: title: The forty-seven rônins; title: The loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki; title: Kazuma's regenge; title: A story of the Qtokodaté of Yedo; title: The wonderful adventures of Funakoshi Jiuy'emon; title: The Eta maiden and lthe Hatamoto; title: Fairy tales; title: The gost of Sakura; title: How Tajima Shuḿe was tormented by a devil of his own creation; title: Concerning certain superstitions; title: Japanese Sermons; title: Appendices : An account of the harakiri. The marriage ceremony. The birth and rearing of children. Funeral rites.